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ebony
n.
any of the several tropical and subtropical trees that have hard dark wood; hard black wood of the ebony tree; very black color
adj.
black, dark, resembling ebony (type of hard black wood)
Ebony
n.
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Ebony
Ebony is a dense black
hardwood, most commonly yielded by several different species in the genus
Diospyros. Ebony is dense enough to sink in water. It is finely-textured and has a very smooth finish when polished, making it valuable as an ornamental wood. The word
ebony derives from the
Ancient Egyptian hbny, via the
Ancient Greek (
ébenos), by way of
Latin and
Middle English.
ebony
Noun
1. a very dark black
(synonym) coal black, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black
(hypernym) black, blackness
(derivation) ebonize, ebonise
2. hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
(hypernym) wood
(substance-holonym) Diospyros ebenum
3. tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
(synonym) Diospyros ebenum
(hypernym) tree
(member-holonym) Diospyros, genus Diospyros
Adjective
1. very dark black
(synonym) ebon
(similar) achromatic
ebony
n.
eben
ebony
Rzecz.
heban
